Captain Larry Lutz, an airplane pilot for Frontier Airlines, will be our Aviation Specialist and help recruit and coordinate the volunteer pilots program.

Larry Lutz was born in Madison, WI and moved to Chetek in 1967. After high school he attended the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and graduated in 1979 with a degree in Pharmacy. He remained at the U of M Hospitals and Clinics as an oncology pharmacist for most of his first career. While there, he pursued the passion of his life, aviation, by working as a flight instructor. A big plus to working at the hospital was having an unlimited supply of physicians who wanted to learn to fly!

In 1997, after listening to his heart, he decided to become an airline pilot. He took a job as a Learjet pilot with International Jet Aviation in Denver, CO. This was a diverse flying experience, and consisted of emergency medical, executive charter, Donor Alliance, and cargo operations, as well as extensive international and mountain flying.

In 1999, he took a job with Frontier Airlines, and is currently a captain on the Airbus 320 aircraft. Larry is type-rated in the Learjet, Boeing 737 and A320. He has over 10,000 hours of flight time. He currently resides with his wife, Cindy, in Larkspur, CO.

He enjoys spending his free time hunting with his black lab Raven, playing guitar part-time in a 70's band, mountain biking and skiing. He also volunteers for Make a Wish Foundation and the Denver Dumb Friends League.

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